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Brief
History |
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The Central New York Weather Center got its start back in
2003, as the brainchild of aspiring meteorologist and webmaster
Carson Metcalf. Back then the weather source was called Weather Team 4, with a fourth grade audience, and 4 team
members at Lanigan Elementary School. It was a team effort to
update the website and post new weather information on a bulletin
board for students. Weather Team 5 began in late 2004, with a
fifth grade audience, and 5 members. Instead of going on with a
team, Carson decided
to start a weather service of his own. Coming up with the name and
mission of The
Central New York Weather Center took some time, but finally
it launched in 2005. Later that year, Carson obtained an official
partnership with AccuWeather, Inc. In early 2006, plans for a new
website, the one you're on right now, began. Due to the comments and
feedback from visitors, the new site first hit the web as a beta in
late November of that year. Carson switched over to his own domain,
where you are now, on November 23, 2007. Now, this is the official,
one-and-only site. As of 2010, the website has shown
tremendous growth in hits and views, and is still the number one
independent weather source in Central New York.
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Carson's
Full Bio |
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Carson Metcalf is the current Chief Operations Director, and
General Manager of The Central New York Weather Center.
Carson founded the website in 2005, after having two prior
names and teams. Carson's career in local weather
started in 1997. He has received several awards, and
lots of recognition for his work in weather and on the web. Carson
has worked closely with several local news, weather, and
media professionals in the Syracuse market. These include
John DiPasquale, Janelle Reichert, Keith Kobland, Tom Hauf,
Donna Adamo, Liz Ayers, Frank Kracher, Maureen Green, Maureen
McCann, and Dave Longley. He was a meteorology and broadcasting shadow at
WTVH-TV from October 2003 to August 2008. Carson switched
stations to WSYR-TV in February 2009. He has
participated in Winter and Severe Weather webcasts with WSYR-TV
since 2007. Carson is also very involved with his
community. He has participated in many activities and
clubs within the Fulton School District, designs websites for
local organizations, and has volunteered with the Fulton Public
Library since 2005. Many awards and honors have been
received by Carson, including The New York State
Comptroller's Award for Public Service and an Award for
Excellence in Unerring Weather Accuracy in 2006, New York
State Volunteer of the Year in 2007, Top Honors in Local
Technology Concepts in 2008, and the FBLA-rated State's Best
Website in 2009. Carson is a certified and trained
Storm Spotter and Tracker for the National Weather Service
in Buffalo, and has been given a 9 out of 10 rating by The
Weather Channel for on-air forecasting presentations.
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